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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-04
O0DHWAAO ODo.

Arr,o,.n w.lns wwlhtIAM AZ. A. MORTON. Mayor
A ORDINANCES TO GRANT A Ii.
TT,nv S,rs.s SrMse To ". A. HALBACH, Proprietor
h,ns strcst Theatre.
CITY sS :, z: sss Sss isS
the Mayor be authorized 70 grant a se.srai
All G9 Ss's =: !;
entertainments, shows, speotscies. ate. a Ana
for ,SS ss% q. .syen Ss
y the special licenses provided BY sxItins Or.
Ordained and enacted into q law At ths c,,v
OF Lancaster. Maroh ?, 1887
,.,,,v c,r, President Common cOaneii.
Clerk OF common Council.
RoBEkr A. EvANa
President Of selcct Council.
CierS s.,ee. Council.
WILLIAM A. MORTON, Mayor,
Approved March 5. lssI. mtStd
AN ORDINANCE INCREASING the
WATER WokKs Of tho City Of issaS Lsncs.ssr. Al
sxCrioS !. Be 1t ordained by tho select ana
TN fs. siy 1 .na ssH ,ss !.
ed On Gr @ the Ss C,r
OF Lancaster. shall. for performing all tho duties
mine hundred dollars. payable % 1aoathiy. % II l,su ~
sss Hs a, %sps %SlS NO" received oy
| esc. . All ordinances and parts OF ordinances
ns q ss City
| Lancaster this I'd day OF March. 1887.
President Common Counci,
Clerk OF Common Council.
President select Council
| Approved March g. 1887. mJ std
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24
A Change of lieart.

Chicago lnter-Ocean.
Charles sumner in one of his speeches,
declared that the only sure way 70 reform
the civil service would be to limit the Presi-
dent to a single term. Noi much thought
wss given to This opinion at the time bnt
those who have looked into the matter and
examined it in the light Of experience must
have been Impressed with its correctness
President Cleveland when lac wrote his letter
OF acceptance, took grounds IN favor ola sin
gle term. For more than year after he be
came President, Mr. Cleveland evidently did
not expect and did not care for a reelection
During that period he resisted the pressure
Of the hungry and thirsty and became un-
popular with his party leaders \ little
more than a year ago rumors began 10 bc
circulated that the President was coming to
the conclusion that he might like second
term. The party managers adroitly nourish-
ed this sentimen; in the President and thus
cultivated his friendship and paved the way
10 the offices for which their followers were
yet clanoring. The tone of the organs
changed. In the course ola Jew months a
fuli sized Presidential bee was buzzing IN the
Presidents hat Old foes whom he woulG
not seek 10 reconcile for the good OF the par
Is were welcomed at the White House after
the President had SCI his heart upon renomi-
nation. The change in the President has
been even more radical than that in the
leaders and the organs. The country hears
no more such sounding phrases as " Public
office is public trust" The Curtis letter
has been forgotten. An Republican Office
holders are offensive partisaus Instead OF
such sentiments the President Is putting IN
practice the Democratic doctrine that TO the
yictors belong the spoils-' Congressman
who can do the most 10 secure delegations
are permitted 10 name their henchmen for
pnblic office. Efficiency and character are
no longer the test, but Tammany saloonists
and Baltimore baliot-hox suffers and the
Ragged Reubens Of the party are pushing
into places of trust in spite of protests So
long as Mr. Cleveland had no desire for a sec
ond term he would not do this for the party
which elected him. but now that he has been
seized with the desire to be his own succes-
sor he realizes with his party the value of a
horde of ofiioe-holders with zeal born of
benefits aud fostered by the hope of f.lyors
yet TO come, who stand ready TO aid with
money and tainted political service and
does not hesitate TO use il TO an extent 20
which il was never h..fore emnloved
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24
A Fatal Railroad Smash UP.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-As the ST. Louis,
Chicago and Cincinnati express train on the
b & o. railroad. due here at 6;2i this morn
ing, was approaching the city al high rate
of speed, the engineer found that the air
brakes were not working properly and blew
the whistle for the ordinary brakes 1t was
too late, however, to check the momentum
of the train, and il ran upon what is know n
as the '.Y near the depot at the rate of forty
miles per honr The curve was very sharp
and the express ear jumped the track and
struck the signal tower. A general wreck
ensued and all the ears except the sleeper
were badly smashed. The engineer was seal
ded to death and two passengers were killed.
The fireman was badly scsilded and fifteen
passengers were seriously injured. The sig
nal tower was completely demolished. The
telegraph operator fortunately observed the
derailment in time to escape by jumping
from the window His arm was broken. but
he was not otherwise injured
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24
The Whiskey Trust.


PEORIA, Ill, August PA prominent
distiller here gave some further particulars
yesterday of the great Whiskey Trust recent
ly organized at this place. He said II is to
be run the same as the Standard Oil Compa-
ny, and the Cotton Seed and OH Trust. In
the first place the distiller puts valuation
upon his house, then a committee is appoin-
ted TO examine into it, After mans distii-
lery has been appraised, the owner turns il
over to these nine trustees for their use for
- years and receives IN lieu thereof trust
certificates. In some instances he receives
81 in certificates for one dollar of valuation.
After man turns his property to the trus-
tees he ceases 10 operate it,
Ii is the intention of the trust TO regulate
the production Of whiskey so that these GER
tificates will pay from to 10 per cent. The
capital or the trust is pretty well up in the
millions, some say as high as forty millions.
Yesterday all the employees in the houses
that are in the trust were told that they must
look for their wages to the trust. as they
were NO longer working for individuals.
Wages will probably be reduced from 10 TO
20 per cent AT once
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24
Editor Featherly's Luck.

AUsABLE. MicH., August lS.-Wesley NJ.
Featherly, editor ond proprietor of the Luke
side Moastor, weekly paper published here.
is a man with a history He has been in the
newspaper business only a short time and
has been fined on a conviction of libel not
less than eight times, the last occasion occur
ring to-day. The Monitor is not II sensation
al sheet, but legitimate, well-conduete'l and
enterprising journal. which has done much
for the town. Since FeaIheriy began its
publication lac has been whipped nine times
by women, who fancied they had been mis-
treated in his paper, yet no one else could
see that the item complained of was not an
honest article
The trouble seems 20 be that Featherly
lives in a place where rybody is unus;llly
thin-skinned. He WAS brave soldier and
does not propose TO give up the fight, al
though his subscribers have twice left him in
a body his advertisers withdrawn their pat
ronage with great unanmity. He refused 10
raise his hand 10 defend himself from the
women, but he Knocked his male assailan,s
down in good style
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24
Terrorized by White Caps

INDIANAPOLIS, August ls.-The White
ed people living in the Southwestern part of
the state that those who are unable TO leave
the coantry are appealing TO the Governor
for protection. The White Caps were organ
lied ostensibly for the purpose of pnnishing
violators of the law, but they have degener-
ated into band of plandersrs and maraud-
ers. gentleman came from the afflicted
district TO day to beg the Governor to take
some steps toward breaking up the band.
He says that citizens dare not express them
selves regarding the work of the organiza-
tion and that his life would be in danger if
the White Caps knew that he had made COM
plaint anainst them While leaving Orange
county he met farmer who had been prom
inent in the county, who was hurrying
away from the infested district with his fam
lily and ali his portable possessions because
the White Gaps had made one assault upon
him and were threatening to visit him again
He was compelled to leave his farm for sale
At much less than its valne. The premises
had been plundered by the outlaws.
The county otiicers are afraid 10 prosecute
the outlaws. and witnesses will not testify
against them because they are afraid TO do so.
Recently respectable farmer was taken out
and beaten numerically. His daughter ran
from the house with a knife and began cut
ting loose the horses of the band. She cut
cash in one of the animals and the next day
the wounded horse was traced to the stable
N one of the most prominent citizens in the
cauufv
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24
Down on the High License Law.

HARRIsBURe, Aug. 1S.-The Prohibition
lists of Dauphin county held convention
here to-day and nominated full county
ticket and selected sixteen delegates for the
State Convention, which will meet in this
city next Wednesday. The ticket is as fol-
lows Sheriff, W. j. Adams: Commissioners
solomon Hummel, J. w. Story Poor Direc-
tor. John H. Sheesly Auditors, A. Y. Kris
ely, T. q. Sweitzer. In the platform it is
declared THAT thepurpose ofthe high license
act is to defeat the amendment TO the Consti-
tuition prohibiting the sale and manufacture
of liquors, and that it is the most dangerous
compromise suggested. 1t is class legislation
squeezing out the small dealers and fostering
a monopoly in sin. 1t is directed against the
least harmful, while protecting the fashiona-
BILE resorts wherethe first steps to ruin are Ia
KEN A resolution was adopted denounciiig
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for
charging the Probibitionists to the State
Convention last year two cents a mile, while
the Republicans were carried for one cent a
mile
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24
A Family sold Into Slavery.

AT SABLE, Mich, Aug. l7.-Earnest Scho-
elite is a new conner here with his wife and
one son. Schoeltze sailed from Carlsbad for
the United States. and their ship touched
IucItan port, where Schoeltze and his fam
lily together with other eInigrauts were sold
into slavery. They remained in the interior
of the country eighteen months and then
escaped to Campeachy, only to be again
taken into custody and subjected to the most
inhuman treatment They were compelled
to work in the broiling sun without covering
10 their bodies his wife was driven into the
field TO work three days after the birth of a
child; they were provided with but two
pounds of cornmcal day and this eontin-
ued nearly two years and a half
Then the wife fell i'll and was sent to the
hospital The husband was allowed to uisit
her occasionally, and while making one of
these visits he fell in with German sailor,
who agreed TO carry the family to Logan,
whence they were sent to the United States
by the German consul. Schosltze and his
wife show upon their persons the effects of
the inhuman treatment.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24
Excited by a Bear story.

JAMESTOWN, y. Y. Aug. ls-Midway be-
tween Mayville and WestfeIl. in this coun-
iy, is a deep, rocky gulf some twelve miles
in length. Recently several farmers have
lost a number Of calves and sheep Yester-
day afternoon Mrs. Oscar Berringer. who
lives on Wilson's Run. which empties into
the gulf, came to Msyviile in great haste.
She said that there were bears in the rock V
ledges and that two cub bears had that
morning driven her into the house.
On Sunday, while Mrs. Berring was al
church, the two cubs appeared in the farm
yard and chased Mrs. Berringer's two iit,le
children into the house and out upon the
ROOF, where they remained until the bears
took To the woods. Mrs. Berringer begged
thar searching party proceed at once TO
the guilt, and kill the beasts. A few days
ago young farmer living on the road 70
Westiield started ont with his dinner pail
and an empty basket to pick blackberries on
the gulf Since that time nothing has been
seen OF him.
Ii is reported on good authority that ves-
ierday his dinner-pail. clothing and rem
nanis OF bones and mangicd flesh were found
on rocky ledge about quarter Of mile
from the westiield Road. Another search
ing party of hunters win visit the wilderness
tomorrow.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24
The Section Foreman Guilty.

CHATswoKrH H., August ls.-The coro.
ner's jury to-day rendered verdict holding
Timothy Coughlin, she section foreman re-
sponsibIe for the wreck, he not having in
spccted the track. and recommending his ex
animation by the Grand Jury The verdict
also condemns the failure TO patrol the track
for six hours before the train came and the
practice of burning grass. Coughln was ar
rested at noon to-day and taken to Pontiac,
the county seat of Livingstone county. He
said he could not give bail. He insisted that
the verdict was unjust that he went over
his entire section as ordered, and that no
fires were built as near the bridge as Herald
and Taggart testified
Elliot Waters died at Fairburg to-day. Of
injuries received in the wreck. He was on
his way home TO Cottage. near Dalton, y. j.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24
Two Lovers. Only One Girl.

SALEM. Ind, Aug. ls-For several years
John Hurtle and Robert Ninneger. young
men of Fredericksburg have been paying at
tention to Miss Mary Clinker. daughter of a
wealthy farmer residing near the village. A
deadly thought secret enmity sprung up be-
tween them. Yesterday the two men called
on the young lady and in the course of the
visit the three walked out in the yard Sud
denly Hurtle drew knife and plunged il
into Ninneger's side. The victim fell 10 the
ground Miss Clinker attempted to protect
her prostraie lover from further violence.
but the enraged rival leaped upon and
plunged the knife time and again into his
body. Ninneger died almost instantly. As
soon as the deed was committed HurtIe fled
and has not been arrested.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24


THE Blair county Democrats met IN
Convention last week, and after cordial
" endorsing the administration Of Presi-
dent Cleveland, and commencing it as
wise. honest and patriotic" they care
fully and deliberately hedged, by fur
ther resolution, the latter part Of which
reads, Claiming that the Democratic
party is the friend Of industry and honest
toll, we recommend to the State Demo
cratic Convention, shortly TO assemble, a
distinct and emphatic recognition Of the
principle that American industry and la
Dor mNst in all possible ways be protect
ed against the competition of pauper la
Dor in foreign countries and against the
importation of pauper contract labor upon
cur own soil" As sample of hedging
that beats out Of sight the fellow who
prayed Good Lord Good Devil" not
knowing into whose hands ne might
eventually fall.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24
A Sunday Lynching.

TALNTISA, Ncb.. Aug. 22.-Jerry White,
the negro who brutality assaulted Mrs Hoff-
man, an aged lady. on Wednesday night.
was captured at long Pine yesterday, and
brought to Valentine This morning at l
O'Clock sixty determined men, armed and
masked, marched in a body to the Jail and
broke the jaii-door with q sledge-hammer
and axes. The locks of the steel cage were
then cut from their fastenings, the prisoner
was taken out TO telegraph-pole and rope
was swunsfrom the cross-bar and tied around
his neck. White was given five minutes for
confession and prayer. He did not deny his
guilt. He was then hauled up and leff
swinging. Just as the party was leaving
Sheriff Connonelly, who had been awakened
by his brother, arrived with a posse but too
small to cope with NE masked party, who
at once disappeared after having stood the
sherifi7s crowd off iong enough to permit
White TO die at the ropes end.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24

TIE Democrats of Fayette county are
washing their dirty linen in public. The
most shocking and disgusting charges Of
bribery and corruption are handled back
and forth by the journals Of thai party.
Charges OF specific sums Of money paid
and specific amountsof whiskey given, to
specifically named voters, for the purpose
Of influencing them are not only publish
ed, but in some instances they are backed
up by the afiidavits of parties making
them Ifone halfthe stories that are pub
lished be true, the county prison wouldn't
mold tithe of the scoundrels who ought
to be within its walls. And all this, too,
occurred at an election 10 nominate y
candidate for Judge, and the charges are
made against the friends of the successful
candidate. If this outcrop Of Democrat
ic nastiness does not bear bountifuI
harvest of prosecutions for bribery and
libel, the indictment of election officers
and voters, and suits for slander, ii will
be because one side is afraid and the
other dar'sent."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24

TuR State Of Indiana has been bank
rnpted by her Democratic officials The
last dollar in the State Treasury has been
paid out, and there are no resources from
which any money can be drawn before
next Deccmber. Intiie meanwhile 500
900 will be needed to pay the current ex-
rs.nses, and the State Treasurer i appeal
ing 30 the counties 10 advance ihe funds.
The extra,aassnee ofthe Denocraiic oiii-
cials. and the failure Of the hast I.egisla-
ture 10 make the needed appropriations
has brought about this disgraceful state
r.r,f,.a
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24

PENNSYLVANIA Republicans are proyer-
bal for plain spanking. They know
just what they want, and they say it
without any circumlocution. The decla-
ratiols of the platform adopted by last
weeks Convention are plain, straightfor-
ward, vigorous and easily understood.
No voter can be deceived by them. They
mean precisely what they say, and say
what they mean. Ifthe Democrats when
they assemble at Allentown next week,
speak with as much frankness and preci-
sion, we can have square stand up fight,
and know exactly what the voters ap-
prove. when their ballots are counted
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24


The Farmers Alliance, made up mainly
Of Democrats, in the old reliable Demo
cratic county of Floyd in Indiana, is down
on Presidential iunketing. The other
day they passed the following resolutions:
Resolred, That there is no promise, eth
er expressed OF implied. by which the
people Of the United States must pay
their President $1,000 per month, OF any
other sum, while electioneering for a sec
ond term of office therefore we call up
on President Cleveland before starting on
bis pending electioneering tour through
the West and South, 70 first write out his
resignation as President and file It with
the proper officer at Washington.
Rssolnef further, That the President and
Secretary Of this Alliance are hereby in
structed to forward 4 certified copy Of
these resolutions by registered letter to
the President Of the United States.
The Democratic majority for Cleveland
in Floyd county was 1850. The Demo
cratic fences in Indiana seem to be badly
out of repair.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24

siHics.., August Is A Lincoln, Neb., spe
cial gives particulars Of STORM al EcpubIi-
can City, Neb., yesterday.
Buildings were blown down and houses
unroofed
A large brick school house, nearly compile
ted, was wrecked, and the carpenters buried
in the ruins J. J. Fanlaing and man
named Alien. Of Alma were killed. and six
others seriously injured. tive fatally,
III. X. Wetlierelfs house was blown away,
and his wife and two children buried in the
debris, and all more or less injured
Several other buildings were carried away
or wrecked. and several persons badly hurt.
The dafnasr cannot be estimated At this time
Hail stones an inch in diameter fell during
the storm.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24
Trial for Attempted Murder Headed
Off by Suicide.

MERCER, August 19.-Joseph Harrison of
Lake township, committed suicide by hang
ing to tree in the orchard on his sisters
farm last night In June last Harrison, who
it Is thought had become insane, went to the
house of Thomas Mckay, his brother-iu-law
shot himself in the mouth and stomach. He
was removed to the home of his sister. Mrs.
Hugh Evans, where he has been ever since.
Harrison had sufficiently recovered to 90
out last night and Immediately went 10 the
orchard and hanged himself to one of the
trees He would have been tried at the De-
cember term Of court for the attempted muir
der of his brother-in-law He was abont 80
years old and quite wealthy
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24
AN OCEAN HORROR.


LoSIos. August 19.-The Inman Line
steamer City Of Montreal has been Destroyed
by fire al sea
Thirteen lives are reported lost.
The City Of Montreal Ieft New York Aug
,ist for Liverpool.
She was cefinIan,l.-iby Captain Laud
The news of the burning OF the City Of
Montreal was learned upon the arrival at
Queenstown this. morning of the British
steamer York City, Captain Benn. which left
BALTIMORE August for London. This steam
er rescued the passengers and crew from the
burning vessel and brought them to Queens
town
1HIRrEEs PERSONS alssrsts.
1t Is learned that tlirieen persons perished
in the hnrning of the City of Montreal.
The destruction of thestsamcr City Of Mon
treal occurred on the 1lth instant, five days
after she left New York. A boat, contain
ing six passengers, and seven members OF
the crew is missing. The occupants of this
boat are the thirteen persons reported TO have
persisted.
DETAILS OF THE tA1ASTkDfaE-
The passengers and crew of the City of
Montreal were taken oft the York City by the
tug Mount Etna and landed at Queenstown.
All were accounted for except the thirteen
persons in the missing boat. 1t is learned
that shortly after the passengers had gone to
bed on the night of the 10Th inst, the ship
being in latitude 43 north at the time, they
were aroused by an alarm of fire.
A scene of conservation ensued and the
passengers were greatly terrified when they
found out the true state ofaffairs. The smoke
caused by the fire was suffocating.
The passengers dressed and got On deck as
quickly as possible, and with but little APP
pearanee of panic.
The fire originated in the cotton stored in
the main hold Nine streams ofwater We're
soon working ON the flames, and the course
of the vessel was shaped toward Newfound-
land 400 miles distant. The flames spread
with great rapidity, and soon had burst out
with terrific force through the mixzen and
after matches, the heat being intense.
Il was becoming evident that il was impos-
sible to save the ship, a momentary panic en-
sued, when the captain decided to abandon
the vessel, but all managed 10 embark in the
boats. all OF which, but one containing six OF
the crew and seven passengers, were picked
up 10y theYork City.
DESCRIPTION OF THE STEAMER.
The steamer Montreal was what is called
an "old timer" having been built about
eighteen years ago. Few of the modern i'm
proyements in steamship binding had been
applied to her, yet she was one of the most
profitable freight steamships afioat She was
rated as freight steamship, and carried only
intermediate and steerage passengers. Her
dimensions We're 100 feet long. 46 feet beam,
and 900 tons burthef
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-24

IT was a work Of supenerogation on the
part u the State Convention to declare
Mr.. Blaine the fayorite Presidential can
didate Of Pennsylvania Republicans. If
intended as a mere compliment, il is an
idle one, in the face of his 81 600 majority
in 1854. If intended as a eommittal for
1883, ii is still more Idle, in face Of the
rule that gives each district absolute CON
troll Of the selection Of It's own delegates.